Bill Paxton

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I was thrilled to have my son guest-star on the eighth episode of Training Day. He plays the son in a father-son robbery team, and my character, whose dad was also a criminal, tells him, We're both our father's sons, but that doesn't have to define us.' It was surreal saying that to him. I got so engrossed in it. I was devastated when I got to the end.feedback

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You know all the time I've been in this business which is a long, long time now, I go from having incredible days like shooting the part of Sam Houston and then all of a sudden I'm home and I'm out of work and it's two o'clock in the afternoon, I'm in my boxer shorts watching Turner Classic Movies. And all I can tell you is, thank God for Turner Classic Movies and Robert Osborn.feedback

You see those big stars who work all the time. I've never had that one movie that really put it all together for me and really gave me a run on sugar. I always felt like Avis. They used to have a slogan, Avis Car Rental: 'We try harder.feedback

I'm a frustrated romantic actor. I wanted to play the Bud part in 'Splendor in the Grass,' I wanted to play Romeo – the great, unrequited, tragic love stories. I've gotten to mix it up a bit with the ladies but the romance has been a subplot, running from the tornado or whatever.feedback

I feel like I'm a regionalist and a populist who's never fit in among the intellectuals. I think there's where the heart of American art is. My greatest roles have been in regional films, whether it was 'One False Move' or 'Frailty' or 'Simple Plan' or 'Traveller.feedback

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